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At least ten eyars ago i bought several woodblocks as a single lot. Among them was this one. I believed that the author is unknown. Just yesterday, while looking at the collection of the Tokyo Edo Museum, I saw another copy of the same block ... but also marked as an unknown author. An amazing story, maybe anyone be able to read signatures or stamps?

Title,
東京十二月之内　-　Tōkyo Junigatsu no Uchi - From the Series Tōkyo in Twelve Months
新吉原　-　Shin-Yoshiwara
Signature,
もとめより　國一筆　-　Motome yori Kuniichi-hitsu
On request painted by Kuniichi

Kuniichi was the pseudonym of Otake Etsudō
尾竹越堂　（1868-1931）painter and ukiyoe artist
from Meiji to early Shōwa era.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Thanks so much! Sooner, i found another block from the same series in Honoluly museum.
https://art.honolulumuseum.org/objects/8985/march-spring-view-of-mukojima-san-gatsu-mukojima-shunkei;jsessionid=B4CD42C7254FB8D8D578FE019D9A8E01?ctx=85063217-a2e3-4133-885b-b58447c29be3&idx=7153.
They guess that author is Otake Kunikazu, but i think that it is the same person, you mean.

Regards Sergey



yours Sergey

Per the Edo-Tokyo Museum, the artist is Odake Kunikazu and the title is: "Famous Places of Tokyo in Twelve Months and the Beauties of Four Seasons: August". See link below.

http://digitalmuseum.rekibun.or.jp/app/collection/detail?ss=01&b1=1000200&b2=2000220&id=0187102054&lang=en

Cheers,
Stan

Thanks so much! Sooner, i found another copy of this block also in Honoluly museum.

yours Sergey

Correction, Sorry, Kunikazu is the proper transcription.
However, Otake is the correct form instead of Odake
I.Nagy

Thanks!

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